Jeannine Guillou

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Jeannine Guillou
Born(1909-05-17)17 May 1909
Concarneau, France
Died27 February 1946(1946-02-27) (aged 36)
Paris, France
Known forPainting
SpouseOlek Teslar
PartnerNicolas de Staël

Jeannine Guillou (17 May 1909 – 27 February 1946) was a French painter. She is known to be the first partner of Nicolas de Staël.[1]

Biography[edit]

Jeannine Guillou was born in Concarneau.[2]

Guillou began to paint in 1924, and in 1928, and married Olek Teslar, one of her teachers.[3]

In 1937, during a trip in Morocco she left him and become the partner of Nicolas de Staël, who she met in Morocco, and they remained together until her death from malnutrition and/or a therapeutic abortion.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jeannine Guillou et Nicolas de Staël : la rencontre". France Culture. 2012-01-17. Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. ^ "Concarneau. Jeannine Guillou, par amour pour Nicolas de Staël". Ouest-France. 2023-09-20. Archived from the original on 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  3. ^ "Dictionnaire des arts plastiques modernes et contemporains". www.ledelarge.fr. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  4. ^ "A Antibes, Jeannine Guillou, l'autre de Staël". Le Monde. 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  5. ^ "Les Lettres Françaises - n° 120 - Le meilleur de moi-même". lebruitdutemps.fr. 2014-11-13. Archived from the original on 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-18.

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